Field Activity 12LTS03

Identifier 12LTS03
Purpose To collect coastal elevation data along the NJ coastline before Hurricane Sandy landfall.
Location Pre-Hurricane Sandy coastal NJ
Info derived Topobathymetric elevation data
Platform
Airplane
Itinerary
Start Salisbury, MD 2012-10-16
End Salisbury, MD 2012-10-27
Bounds
West -74.6383
East -72.97162392
North 40.91662791
South 39.24996125

Personnel

Principal investigators C Wayne WrightBrock, John
Crew members
Rodolfo J Troche
Scientist, Staff
Emily S Klipp
Scientist, Staff
C Wayne Wright
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Rodolfo J Troche
Specialist, Information
Emily S Klipp
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Other Imagery, LIDAR, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) LIDAR 13
Red Green Blue (RGB) Digital Camera Other Imagery (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Multispectral Color-infrared (CIR) Digital Camera Other Imagery (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
12LTS03-LI-pd-10 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Tile extents for submerged topography datasets of Barnegat Bay, NJ Pre Hurricane Sandy Alexandra M Fredericks
12LTS03-LI-pd-6 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived first surface topography datasets of New Jersery Pre and Post-Hurricane Sandy Alexandra M Fredericks
12LTS03-LI-pd-7 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Tile extents for first surface topography datasets Alexandra M Fredericks
12LTS03-LI-pd-8 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived submerged topography GIS datasets of Barnegat Bay, NJ Pre Hurricane Sandy Alexandra M Fredericks
12LTS03-LI-pd-9 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived submerged topographic 10-km DEMs of Barnegat Bay, NJ Pre Hurricane Sandy Alexandra M Fredericks
12LTS03_morphology.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20121016-20121027 pre-Sandy in New Jersey and New York Kara S Doran
Data series 888 extents Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Tile extents for Bare Earth and Submerged topography datasets of Fire Island, NY Pre Hurricane Sandy Alexandra M Fredericks
Data series 888 topography Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived Bare Earth and Submerged topography GIS datasets and DEMs of Fire Island, NY Pre Hurricane Sandy Alexandra M Fredericks

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
NJ_Raw_slopes Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Raw, non-interpolated endpoint slope data between the location of the Mean High Water and seaward-most dune toe elevations Kara S Doran
NJ_Mean_slopes Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Mean slope data between the endpoint locations of the Mean High Water and seaward-most dune toe elevations, interpolated to a 200 m alongshore resolution using a 400 m wide Hanning window Kara S Doran
Noreasters_erosion_hazards Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Probabilities of nor'easter-induced erosion (collision, overwash and inundation) for each 1-km section of the Mid- and Northeast Atlantic coast, from North Carolina through Maine, for class 1-3 nor'easters Justin J Birchler
Lidar_Footprints_Merged Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Merged footprint of all lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams
Lidar_Footprints_Individual Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Individual footprints of lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity